A visit to the Center Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Center Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Center Cemetery:
35.3879, -84.2646
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Center Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Center Cemetery is located in Monroe County<2>.
The county seat for Monroe County is located in Madisonville. Madisonville lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Center Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Center Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Center Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Center Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sink Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Sink Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sink Cemetery
- Druid Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Druid Hill Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Druid Hill Cemetery
- Coppenger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Coppenger Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppenger Cemetery
- Coppenger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Coppenger Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppenger Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- Tellico Plains Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Shaw Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Cemetery
- Stevens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Stevens Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Cemetery
- Lulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Lulah Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulah Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
- Unicoi Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Unicoi Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unicoi Cemetery
- Mt. Isabel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Isabel Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Isabel Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Cane Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Cane Creek Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek Cemetery
- Mahan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mahan Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Cemetery
- Big Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Big Creek Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Eleazar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Eleazar Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazar Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eleazar Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Tellico Plains.
- The Eleazar Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eleazar UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11689 <5>
- Borin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Borin Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borin Cemetery
- Borin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Borin Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borin Cemetery
- Holder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Holder Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder Cemetery
- Holder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Holder Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Giles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Giles Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Center Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tellico Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Acorn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Jalapa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Ballplay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Rural Vale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Mecca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Epperson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Coker Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Madisonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nonaburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Englewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Manila
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Grady
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Vonore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Etowah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Servilla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Pleasant Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Unaka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Trigonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Bell Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Goodsprings
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Hiwassee Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Ogreeta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Morganton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Center Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Monroe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Englewood
- Etowah
- Madisonville
- Tellico Plains
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Center Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Monroe County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Center Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1640754 (Center Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1640754 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Monroe
- Est. Elev: 276 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mount Vernon
- Location given for Center Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.3878555 Lon: -84.264641
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Center Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
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